Film Festival

This program is designed to highlight groundbreaking films from Latin America and to build awareness among the KSU campus and greater-Atlanta community. The artistry of these films brings to light the important social and cultural topics they address. 

Screenings are free and open to the public. Each film will be accompanied by a brief introduction from the Consul General of the film's host country, as well as a Q&A session following the screening.

If you have any questions please contact event organizer below.

Ernesto Silva, PhD
Associate Professor of Latin American/Latin@ Studies & Spanish
Interdisciplinary Studies Department (ISD)/Department of Foreign Languages (DFL) 
Office Personal: 470-578-3208 | ISD Office: 470-578-2431
Email: esilva@kennesaw.edu

Announcing the 2023 LAFF Film Line Up

  • Amarillo, Azul y Rojo/Yellow, Blue, and Red (2021)

    Country: Ecuador

    Screening sponsored by: Juan Antonio Veintimilla Aulestia, Consul General of Ecuador in Atlanta

    Director: Rubén Jurado Noriega, who will be discussing film during Q&A

    Date: Wednesday, 25 October 2023

    Location: SO 2038

    Time: 7-9:30 PM

    Trailer
    Amarillo, azul y rojo/Yellow, Blue, and Red (2021)

     

    Manco Cápac (2021), 92m, with subtitules

    Country: Peru

    Screening sponsored by: Giancarlo León Collazos, Consul General of Peru in Atlanta 

    Director: Henry Vallejo 

    Date: Thursday, 26 October 2023

    Location: SO 2038

    Time: 7-9:30 PM

    Trailer
    Manco Cápac (2021)

     

    Short Films: Lift (Asher Emmanuel, 8 minutes), We Are Here (Doménica & Constanza Castro, 9 minutes), Mi casa (Kristina Arjona, 14 minutes)

    Country: Mexico

    Virtual screening sponsored by: The Consulate General of Mexico in Atlanta 

    Date: Monday, 30 October 2023

    Location: Zoom

    Time: 7-9:30 PM

    Lift (Asher Emmanuel, 8 minutes) We Are Here (Doménica & Constanza Castro, 9 minutes) Mi casa (Kristina Arjona, 14 minutes)

     

    Os 12 trabalhos / The 12 Labours (2006)

    Country: Brazil

    Screening sponsored by: The Consulate General of Brazil in Atlanta 

    Director: Ricardo Elias

    Duration: 90 minutes, subtitles, mature audiences

    Date: Thursday, 2 November 2023

    Location: SO 2038

    Time: 7-9:30 PM

    Trailer
    Os 12 trabalhos / The 12 Labours (2006)

     

    El robo del siglo/The Heist of the Century (2020)

    Country: Argentina

    Screening sponsored by: The Consulate General of Argentina in Atlanta

    Director: Ariel Winograd

    Date: Monday, 6 November 2023

    Location: Zoom (credentials below) 

    Link: https://kennesaw-edu.zoom.us/j/89969881192 
    ID: 899 6988 1192 Passcode: 9KSULaFF

    Time: 7-9:30 PM

    Note: This film is intended for mature audiences

    El robo del siglo/The Heist of the Century (2020)

     

    Gol de plata (2022)

    Country: Guatemala

    Screening sponsored by: The Consulate General of Guatemala in Atlanta

    Director: Kenneth Muller

    Date: Monday, 13 November 2023

    Location: Zoom (credentials below) 

    Link: https://kennesaw-edu.zoom.us/j/89969881192 
    ID: 899 6988 1192 Passcode: 9KSULaFF

    Time: 7-9:30 PM

    Trailer
    Gol de plata (2022)

     

    El viaje de la marimba/The Journey of the Marimba (2023)

    Country: Colombia

    Screening sponsored by: The Consulate General of Colombia in Atlanta

    Consulate General of Columbia in Atlanta logo

    Director: 

    Date: Wednesday, 15 November 2023

    Location: Zoom (credentials below)

    Link: https://kennesaw-edu.zoom.us/j/89969881192 
    ID: 899 6988 1192
    Passcode: 9KSULaFF

    Time: 7-9:30 PM

    Note: Documentary about the African roots of the marimba with the participation of the director.

    Trailer
    El viaje de la marimba/The Journey of the Marimba (2023)

     

    Violeta al fin (2017)

    Country: Costa Rica

    Screening sponsored by: The Consulate General of Costa Rica in Atlanta

    Director: Hilda Hidalgo

    Date: Thursday, 16 November 2023

    Location: SO 2038

    Time: 7-9:30 PM

    Trailer
    Violeta al fin (2017)

    Historias pequeñas/Little Histories (2019)

    Country: Venezuela

    Screening in collobration with: Saint Thomas Aquinas College, NY

    Director: Rafael Marziano Tinoco

    Date: Thursday, 30 November 2023

    Location: Zoom (credentials below)

    Link: https://kennesaw-edu.zoom.us/j/89969881192
    ID: 899 6988 1192 Passcode: 9KSULaFF

    Time: 7-9:30 PM

    Note: Viewer discretion is advised; the director as well as the film producer Belén Orsini will host film discussion and Q&A.

    Trailer with director's commentary
    Historias pequeñas/Little Histories (2019)
  • As part of the VIII KSU Latin American Film Festival and the Latin American/Latinx Studies Film Series, in celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the award-winning Venezuelan film Tamara (2016) will be screened and discussed this Wednesday, 7-9:30 PM in SO 2034. We will be joined by José Novoa, writer-producer of the film. He is giving this special presentation in recognition of the last film made by his wife Elia Schneider, who passed away in 2020. We will be joined by former KSU student Ria Drane, LMSW, and Kaelyn Ireland, who is currently a graduate student in MAST.

    Tamara (2016)

    Country: Venezuela

    Director: Elia Schneider

    Date: Wednesday, 5 October

    Location: SO 2034

    Time: 7-9:30 PM

    Film overview:
    Based in the real life of Teo, a distinguished, prominent and outstanding lawyer, with a four year marriage and two small children, who decides to accomplish his long time secret: to change his body and become a woman. This film is inspired on the life of Tamara Adrian.

    Trailer
    Tamara 2016 film cover.

     

    September / Septiembre, Un Llanto en Silencio (2017)

    Country: Guatemala

    Director: Kenneth Muller

    Date: Tuesday, 25 October

    Location: Zoom

    Time: 7 PM

    Film overview: The dying Guatemalan war veteran agrees to accompany a girl searching for information about her grand father, his comrade in arms. Flash backs show the campaign the men fought in when young.

    trailer
    September / Septiembre, Un Llanto en Silencio (2017) film cover.

     

    Series of Short Films

    Country: Mexico 

    Date: Thursday, 27 October 2022

    Time: 7 PM

    Film Info:

    El pescador (2011) 11 minutos, Samantha Pineda & Davy Giorgi

    Funerales Paz (2018) 13 minutos, Arantxa Durán

    Jacinta (2008) 9 minutos, Karla Castañeda         

    Ramona (2014) 5 minutos, Giovanna Zacarías

    El modelo de Pickman (2010) 1 2 minutos, Pablo Ángeles Zuman     

    Hasta los huesos (2000) 12 minutos, René Castillo

     

    The Light on the Hill/La luz en el cerro (2016)

    Country: Peru             

    Acting Consul General: Yella Zanelli

    Director: Ricardo Velarde

    Date: Tuesday, 8 November

    Location: Zoom

    Time: 7 PM

    Film overview: The mysterious death of a mountain shepherd awakens greed and superstition in a remote Peruvian village. 

    trailer
    The Light on the Hill/La luz en el cerro (2016) film cover.

     

    Cortázar & Antín: Cartas iluminadas / Enlightened Letters (2020)

    Country: Argentina

    Consul General: Juan Manuel Navarro

    Director: Cinthia Rajschmir

    Date: Wednesday, 9 November

    Location: Zoom

    Time: 7 PM

    Film overview: Cortázar's letters reveal a tension between the writer who advances on the space of the director and the director who tries to elude the winding bond between literature and films, while hidden forces in the stories embodied in characters that reached the screen, gravitate dangerously and mysteriously together.

    trailer
    Cortázar & Antín: Cartas iluminadas / Enlightened Letters (2020) film cover.

     

    El piedra/The Missed Round (2019)

    Country: Colombia

    Consul General: Adriana Arias Castiblanco

    Director: Rafael Martínez Moreno

    Date: Tuesday, 15 November

    Location: Zoom

    Time: 7 PM

    Film overview:  A washed-up boxer who gets paid to throw fights tries to turn his life around after meeting a young boy who claims to be his son.

    trailer
    El piedra/The Missed Round (2019) film cover.
  • Fatal Assistance (2013)

    Country: Haiti

    Director: Raoul Peck

    Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2021

    Time: 7 p.m.

    Dr. Cécile Accilien, co-editor of the recently published Teaching Haiti: Strategies for Creating New Narratives, will introduce film and lead discussion.

    Film Info Trailer
    Fatal Assistance (2013) film cover.

     

    Negra (2020)

    Country: Mexico

    Director: Medhin Tewolda Serrano

    Date: Tuesday, October 19, 2021

    Time: 7 p.m.

    Director will join the screening. 

    Film Info Trailer
    Negra film cover.

     

    Medea (2017)

    Country: Costa Rica

    Director: Alexandra Latishev Salazar

    Date: Thursday, October 28, 2021

    Time: 7 p.m.

    Director will join the screening.

    Film Info Trailer
    Medea (2017) film cover.

     

    The Flight of the Azacuán (2014)

    Country: Guatemala

    Director: Rafael González

    Date: Tuesday, November 2, 2021

    Time: 7 p.m.

    Film Info Trailer
    The Flight of the Azacuán (2014) film cover.

     

    Final Minute

    Country: Ecuador

    Director: Luis Aviles

    Date: Thursday, November 4, 2021

    Time: 7 p.m.

    Director will join the screening.

    Film Info Trailer
    Final Minute film cover.

     

    Pacíficum: Return to the Ocean (2017)

    Country: Peru

    Director: Mariana Tschudi

    Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2021

    Time: 7 p.m.

    Film Info Trailer
    Pacíficum: Return to the Ocean (2017) film cover.

     

    Once upon a Time In Venezuela (2020)

    Country: Venezuela

    Director: Anabel Rodríguez Ríos

    Date: Tuesday, November 16, 2021

    Time: 7 p.m.

    Director will join the screening.

    Film Info Trailer
    Once upon a Time In Venezuela (2020) film cover.
  •  Fandango at the Wall

    Country: Mexico

    Director: Varda Bar-Kar

    Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2020

    Time: 7 p.m.

    Film Info Trailer
     Fandango at the Wall film cover.

     

    *Yo soy de allá

    Country: Costa Rica

    Director: Juan Ignacio Rodríguez Loria, Andrés Madrigal

    Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020

    Time: 7 p.m.

    *One of two shorts for the evening.

    Film Info
    *Yo soy de allá film cover.

     

    *Amor de temporada

    Country: Costa Rica

    Director: Sergio Pucci

    Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020

    Time: 7 p.m.

    *One of two shorts for the evening

    Film Info 
    *Amor de temporada film cover

     

    La casa más grande del mundo

    Country: Guatemala

    Director: Ana V. Bojorquez & Lucía Carreras

    Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2020

    Time: 7 p.m.

    Film Info Trailer
    La casa más grande del mundo film cover.

     

    Tan distintos

    Country: Ecuador

    Date: Friday, 30 October 2020

    Director: Pablo Arturo Suárez

    Time: 7 p.m.

    Film Info Trailer
    Tan distintos film cover.

     

    Viejos amigos

    Country: Peru
    Date: 
    Thursday, 5 November 2020
    Director: 
    Fernando Villarán Luján
    Time: 
    7 p.m.

    Film Info

     

    Viejos amigos film cover

     

    Pájaros de verano

    Country: Colombia
    Date: Friday, 13 November 2020
    Directors: Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra
    Time: 7 p.m.

    Trailer
    Pájaros de verano film cover.
  • El regreso (2012)

    Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2019

    Time: 7:00 PM

    Location: Building Q, Room 202, Marietta Campus

    Country: Costa Rica

    Director: Hernán Jiménez

    El regreso (2012) film cover

     

    La carga (2016)

    Date: Thursday, October 17, 2019

    Time: 7:00 PM

    Location: Social Sciences, Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus

    Country: Mexico

    Director: Alan Jonsson

    Film Info
    La carga (2016) film cover.

     

    Donde acaban los caminos (2004)

    Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2019

    Time: 7:00 PM

    Location: Social Sciences, Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus

    Country: Guatemala

    Director: Carlos García Agaz

    Film Info
    Donde acaban los caminos (2004) film cover.
     

    El día de la cabra (2017)

    Date: Wednesday, October 23, 2019

    Time: 7:00 PM

    Location: Building Q, Room 202, Marietta Campus

    Country: Colombia

    Director: Samil Oliveros

    Film Info
    El día de la cabra (2017) film cover.

     

    Minha mãe e uma peça 2/My Mom Is a Character 2 (2016)

    Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2019

    Time: 7:00 PM

    Location: Social Sciences, Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus

    Country: Brazil

    Director: César Rodrigues

    Film Info
    Minha mãe e uma peça 2/My Mom Is a Character 2 (2016) film cover.

     

    Un novio para mi mujer (2008)

    Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2019

    Time: 7:00 PM

    Location: Building Q, Room 202, Marietta Campus

    Country: Argentina

    Director: Juan Taratuto

    Film Info
    Un novio para mi mujer (2008) film cover.

     

    Retablo (2017)

    Date: Tuesday, November 5, 2019

    Time: 7:00 PM

    Location: Social Sciences, Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus

    Country: Peru

    Director: Álvaro Delgado Aparicio

    Film Info
    Retablo (2017) film cover.

     

    Rethinking Cuban Civil Society (2019)

    Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2019

    Time: 7:00 PM

    Location: Building Q, Room 202, Marietta Campus

    Country: Cuba

    Director: María Isabel Alfonso

    *Note: This is a special presentation celebrating the Year of Cuba at KSU

    Film Info
    Rethinking Cuban Civil Society (2019) film cover.

     

    Cuentos sin hadas (2012)

    Date: Thursday, November 7, 2019

    Time: 7:00 PM

    Location: Social Sciences, Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus

    Country: Ecuador

    Director: Sergio Briones

    Film Info
    Cuentos sin hadas (2012) film cover.
  • Ilusiones, S.A. (2015)

    Date: Thursday, October 4, 2018

    Time: 7:00 PM

    Location: Social Sciences Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus

    Country: Mexico

    Director: Roberto Girault

    Film Info
    Ilusiones, S.A. (2015) film cover.

     

    Double Feature:Mi Tesoro / My Treasure (2017) &Barlovento a Sotavento / Up Wind Down Wind (2017)

    Date: Thursday, October 11, 2018

    Time: 7:00 PM

    Location: Social Sciences Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus

    Country: El Salvador

    Directors: Michael Flores / Pilar Colomé

     

    Double Feature:Mi Tesoro / My Treasure (2017) &Barlovento a Sotavento / Up Wind Down Wind (2017) film cover.

     

    The First Lady of the Revolution (2016)

    Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2018

    Time: 7:00 PM

    Location: Social Sciences Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus

    Country: Costa Rica

    Director: Andrea Kalin

    Film Info
    The First Lady of the Revolution (2016) film cover.

     

    El Silencio de los Fusiles / When the Guns Go Silenced (2017)

    Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2018

    Time: 7:00 PM

    Location: Social Sciences Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus

    Director: Nathalia Orozco

    Country: Colombia

    Film Info
    El Silencio de los Fusiles / When the Guns Go Silenced (2017) film cover

     

    El Último Elvis / The Last Elvis (2012)

    Date: Thursday, November 1, 2018

    Time: 7:00 PM

    Location: Social Sciences Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus

    Country: Argentina

    Director: Armando Bo

     Film info
    El Último Elvis / The Last Elvis (2012) film cover.
     

    Double Feature:Justicia Divina / Divine Justice (2016) & Pulga / Flea (2017)

    Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2018

    Time: 7:00 PM

    Location: Social Sciences Room 1019, Kennesaw Campus

    Country: Honduras

    Director: Alejandro Irías

    (Note: The director will introduce the two shorts)

    Film info 
    Double Feature:Justicia Divina / Divine Justice (2016) & Pulga / Flea (2017) film cover.

     

    Minha mãe é uma peça / My Mother is a Character (2013)

    Date: Thursday, November 8, 2018

    Time: 7:00 PM

    Location: Building Q Room 202, Marietta Campus

    Country: Brazil

    Director: André Pellenz

    Film info

     

    Una Sombra al Frente / Crossing a Shadow (2007)

    Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2018

    Time: 7:00 PM

    Location: Social Sciences Room 1019. Kennesaw Campus 

    Country: Peru

    Director: Augutso Tamayo

    Film info
    Una Sombra al Frente / Crossing a Shadow (2007) film cover.
  • El ciudadano Ilustre/The Distinguished Citizen (2016)

    Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2017

    Time: 8:00 PM

    Location: Burruss Building, Room 151, Kennesaw Campus

    Country: Argentina

    Directors: Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn

    Film info
    El ciudadano Ilustre/The Distinguished Citizen (2016) film cover.

     

    La tierra y la sombra/Land and Shade (2015)

    Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2017

    Time: 8:00 PM

    Location: Burruss Building Room 151, Kennesaw Campus

    Country: Colombia

    Director: César Acevedo

    Film info
    La tierra y la sombra/Land and Shade (2015) film cover.

     

    Mexican Shorts (2014)

    Date: Thursday, October 26, 2017

    Time: 8:00 PM

    Location: Prillaman 1103, Kennesaw Campus

    Country: Mexico

    Director: Various

    Description: This is a collection of award-winning shorts from Mexico.

    Mexican Shorts (2014) film cover.

     

    Cuchillos en el Cielo/ (2013)

    Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2017

    Time: 8:00 PM

    Location: Burruss Building, Room 151,

    Kennesaw Campus

    Country: Peru

    Director: Alberto Durant

    Film info
    Cuchillos en el Cielo/ (2013) film cover.

     

    Linha de Passe (2008)

    Date: Thursday, November 9, 2017

    Time: 8:00 PM

    Location: Prillaman 1103, Kennesaw Campus

    Country: Brazil

    Directors: Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas

    Film info
    Linha de Passe (2008) film cover.

     

    El facilitador/The Facilitator (2013)

    Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2017

    Time: 8:00 PM

    Location: Burruss Building, Room 151, Kennesaw Campus

    Country: Ecuador

    Director: Víctor Arregui

    Film info
    El facilitador/The Facilitator (2013) film cover.
  • Dos Aguas / Two Waters (2014)

    Tuesday, September 27, 2016

    Time: 5-7 PM

    Location: SO 1019

    Country: Costa Rica

    Director: Patricia Velázquez

    Film info Trailer

     

    Cuatro Puntos Cardinales / Four Cardinal Points (2014)

    Tuesday, October 4, 2016

    Time: 5-7 PM

    Location: SO 3030

    Country: El Salvador

    Director: Javier Kafie

    Film info Trailer 

     

    El abrazo de la serpiente / Embrace of the Serpent (2015)

    Tuesday, October 11, 2016

    Time: 5-7 PM

    Location: SO 1019

    Country: Colombia

    Director: Ciro Guerra

    Film info Trailer 

     

    Cápsulas / Capsules (2012)

    Thursday, October 13

    Time: 5-7 PM

    Location: SO 1019

    Country: Guatemala

    Director: Verónica Riedel

    Film info Trailer

     

    Generación Spielberg / Generation Spielberg (2014)

    Tuesday, October 18

    Time: 5-7 PM

    Location: SO 3030

    Country: Mexico

    Director: Gibrán Bazán

    Film info Trailer 

     

    Resurrección / Resurrection (2015)

    Thursday, October 20

    Time:5-7 PM

    Location SO 1019

    Country: Argentina

    Director: Gonzalo Calzada

    Film info
    Trailer

     

    La Prueba / The Trial (2006)

    Tuesday, October 25

    Time: 5-7 PM

    Location: SO 1019

    Country: Peru

    Director: Judith Vélez

    Film info Trailer
  • Kennesaw State University in collaboration with the Consulates of Argentina, Brazil, Mexico & Peru was proud to host our 2015 Latin American Film Festival.

    O ano em que meus pais saíram de férias/The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006)

    Tuesday, September 27

    Time: 6:00 PM

    Country: Brazil 

    Presented by: The Consulate General of Brazil

    Film info Trailer
    O ano em que meus pais saíram de férias/The Year My Parents Went on Vacation (2006) film cover.

     

    El aura/The Aura (2005)

    Tuesday, October 4

    Time: 6:00 PM

    Country: Argentina 

    Director: Fabian Bielinsky

    Presented by the Consulate General of Argentina

    Film info Trailer
    El aura/The Aura (2005) film cover.

     

    La piedra ausente/The Absent Stone (2013)

    Tuesday, October 11

    Time: 6:00 PM

    Country: Mexico

    Directors: Jesse Lerner,  Sandra Rozental

    Presented by the Consulate General of Mexico

    Film info Trailer
    La piedra ausente/The Absent Stone (2013) film cover.

     

    Las malas intenciones/The Bad Intentions (2011)

    Thursday, October 13

    Time: 6:00 PM

    Country: Peru 

    Director: Rosario García-Montero

    Presented by the Consulate General of Peru

    Film info Trailer 
    Las malas intenciones/The Bad Intentions (2011) film cover.